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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2021, 7:18 PM CDT for Geary County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2021, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
166
WUUS53 KTOP 030018
SVRTOP
KSC061-127-197-030045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0165.210903T0018Z-210903T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
718 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Geary County in east central Kansas...
Northeastern Morris County in east central Kansas...
West central Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 718 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Parkerville,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Council Grove, White City, Alta Vista, Dwight, Parkerville and
Council Grove Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for east central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3865 9673 3883 9675 3893 9645 3867 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 260DEG 21KT 3873 9664
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Flanagan1 follow-up statement
219
WWUS53 KTOP 030032
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
732 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
KSC061-127-197-030045-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-210903T0045Z/
Geary-Morris-Wabaunsee-
732 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEARY...NORTHEASTERN MORRIS AND WEST CENTRAL
WABAUNSEE COUNTIES...
At 732 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
Council Grove Lake, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Council Grove, Alta Vista, Dwight and Council Grove Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for east central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3866 9663 3886 9667 3893 9645 3867 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 260DEG 23KT 3876 9655
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FlanaganThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 12:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 10 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 46 min |
| Sep 3, 1:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 5 more | 33 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Geary, Riley | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.